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Movies I saw in 2012 for the first time.

Probably will keep this to just stuff in theaters. That's most of the new movies I see anyway.

Now with dates!

1. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

3.5/5 Very entertaining. Still don't get the hate for this franchise. Saw on 1/14

2. War Horse

2/5 I can't go into it right now. I need to wash my brain of this movie. Saw on 1/16

3. Haywire

4/5 Fun watching Gina Carano beat dudes up. Saw on 1/21

4. The Artist

4/5 I wasn't sure how much I would enjoy this movie going into it, but I found it funny and likable. A good Sunday movie. Saw on 1/22

5. My Week with Marilyn

3/5 Saw on 2/4

6. Chronicle

3.5/5 Liked the story a lot, but could get a bit too cheesy sometimes. Some pretty cool twists on the "found footage" aspect. Saw on 2/4

7. The Secret World of Arrietty

4/5 Very lovely. Ghibli films are always so bittersweet. Saw on 2/18

8. Safe House

3/5 Would have liked it more if it was shot differently. I want to see what's going on, dammit! Saw on 2/19

9. Wanderlust

3.5/5 Some really, REALLY funny moments in this. Love those David Wain movies. Other parts kind of brought it down a bit... Saw on 2/26

10. Friends with Kids

3.5/5 Really enjoyed parts of it. Some of the conversations were terrific, really liked the way everyone spoke their mind. Other parts... just didn't work for me. Saw one 3/10

11. John Carter

3/5 not awful, not great. a little boring at times, sometimes exciting. Saw on 3/11

12. 21 Jump Street

4/5 Very funny. Weirdly, Channing Tatum was my favorite part about it. Saw on 3/17

13. Casa De Mi Padre

4/5 Not much to it, but I laughed a lot. My kind of movie. Saw on 3/18

14. The Raid: Redemption

4/5 An awesome movie. Saw on 3/23

15. The Hunger Games

4/5 An interesting combination of a faithful adaptation that actually makes a decent movie. Saw on 3/24

16. Bully

3.5/5 Interesting. Saw on 3/31

17. The Cabin in the Woods

4.5/5 Incredibly creative, gory, and really, REALLY funny and weird. Saw on 4/15

18. Jeff Who Lives at Home

4/5 A very pleasant watch. Good stuff. Saw on 4/15

19. Lockout

3.5/5 Guy Pearce and Maggie Grace make this movie for me. Saw on 4/22

20. The Five-Year Engagement

4/5 Love Jason Segel and everybody in this movie. Very funny. Maybe a bit too long. Saw on 4/28

21. The Avengers

4.5/5 Awesome! Really loved The Hulk. Saw on 5/6

22. Bernie

3.5/5 Interesting combination of real interviews and scenes with Jack Black. Saw on 5/13

23. Battleship

2/5 Just bad. Boring to start with, completely ridiculous to end with. Saw on 5/20

24. Moonrise Kingdom

4.5/5 Really great. Love Wes Anderson. Saw on 5/26

25. Men in Black III

3/5 Better than 2... what the first sequel should have been. Saw on 5/27

26. Snow White & the Huntsman

2/5 Waiting for this one to be over the whole time. Honestly thought I would like it more than I did. Saw on 6/3

27. Goon

4/5 Love the sense of teamsmanship, the joy of watching SWC beat people up. Saw on 6/3

28. Prometheus

4/5 Beautiful to look at, and engaging to watch the exploration. Characters were a little too stupid at times. Saw on 6/9

29. Safety Not Guaranteed

4/5 Fun little movie! Saw on 6/10

30. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

3.5/5 Enjoyable, but never really grabbed me. Too many "oh, this is a movie" moments. Saw on 6/24

31. Magic Mike

4/5 Funny and actually has a decent bit to say. Good stuff. Saw on 6/30

32. To Rome with Love

3/5 Would have been markedly better without the Roberto Benini storyline. Saw on 7/1

33. The Amazing Spider-Man

3/5 Liked the two leads a lot. The rest just felt like watching an alternate version of Spider-Man 1. Saw on 7/8

34. Savages

3.5/5 Had highs and lows. Recommendable. Saw on 7/14

35. The Dark Knight Rises

4.5/5 Definitely lived up to the 2nd movie. Cool how the three pulled together in the end. Saw on 7/20

36. The Campaign

3.5/5 For the most part, thought it was very funny. Definitely would recommend. Saw on 8/12

37. The Bourne Legacy

3/5 Decent action film. Got a little bored during some of the setpieces. Saw on 8/26

38. Premium Rush

3/5 Fun to watch. Some weird plot choices that feel like they invalidate most of the movie. Saw on 8/26

39. Lawless

4/5 Engaging, tense, humorous, and violent. An interesting movie! Definitely gotta go back and check out The Proposition. Saw on 9/2

40. The Watch

3.5/5 Got better as it went along. Should have known not to trust reviews on this one. Saw on 9/3

41. The Master

4/5 Tough to know what to make of a movie like this. I found it really interesting to watch, to say the least. Saw on 9/16

42. Dredd

4/5 Hit a nice tone of serious but not too much so. Liked the two leads. Tres cool. Saw on 9/23

43. Looper

4.5/5 Hard to find much I didn't like about this one! Most of all, I loved the direction. Some great action scenes. Cool little touches here and there.

44. End of Watch

4/5 Kind of like a big screen Southland. Felt like the "filming ourselves" conceit could have been dropped and they just film it in that style, but I liked it. No crooked cop or big screwup cliches. Saw on 10/07

45. Argo

4/5 A nice thriller that takes some liberties with reality for the sake of more tension. Saw on 11/4

46. Flight

4.5/5 Mature and complex. Plane crash a highlight of movie scenes this year period. End was inevitable but either not handled well or just not to my taste? Saw on 11/9

47. Skyfall

3.5/5 maybe a little too hyped for me. Enjoyable, but as an action movie I think it failed. Saw on 11/10

48. Life of Pi

4/5 Very pretty and emotional. Great looking CGI; couldn't tell when the tiger was real/fake (was it ever real?). Saw on 11/24

49. Silver Linings Playbook

3.5/5 Saw on 11/25

50. Killing Them Softly

3/5 I don't mind movies with very small scope that just tell a simple tail, but at least give me some character richness to hold on to. Saw on 12/1

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